Best
Evidenceby Michael L. SchmickerThis book is "an investigative reporters
three-year quest to uncover the best scientific evidence for ESP, psychokinesis, mental
healing, ghosts and poltergeists, dowsing, mediums, near death experiences, reincarnation
and other "impossible" phenomena that refuse to disappear."

Hard line skeptics wont be pleased, but Schmicker has done his
homework an excellent survey of the strongest evidence  Marcello Truzzi,
Ph.D, Center for Scientific Anomalies Research

My
highest recommendation not just one but a half-dozen astounding stories, any one of
which can change the way we think about the nature of reality  Dean Radin,
Ph.D, author of The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena.

In this
impressively documented work, Dr. Richard S. Broughton, Director of Research at the
world-renowned Institute of Parapsychology, illuminates the history and evolution of
parapsychology and directly addresses the raging controversy over its very existence as a
science. At the heart of the book he brings together a broad range of recent
parapsychological research, from the U.S., China, and the former Soviet Union, complete
with full descriptions of the actual techniques and explanations of how researchers apply
scientific methods to study the baffling experiences that qualify as psi phenomena. --- From The Publisher.

This myth-shattering
book explains the evidence for the veracity of psychic phenomena, uniting the teachings of
mystics, the theories of quantum physics, and the latest in high-tech experiments. With
painstaking research and deft, engaging prose, Radin dispels the misinformation and
superstition that have clouded the understanding of scientists and laypeople alike
concerning a host of fascinating oddities. Psychokinesis, remote viewing, prayer, jinxes,
and more - all are real, all have been scientifically proven, and the proof is in these
pages. Though the link defies the laws of classical physics, it may heel closely to the
basic precepts of quantum mechanics. Finally, Radin takes a bold look ahead, to the
inevitable social, economic, academic, and spiritual consequences of the mass realization
that mind and matter can influence each other without having physical contact. --- From The Publisher.

This is a new edition of this acclaimed university textbook on the science of
parapsychology. Dr. Irwin outlines the origins of parapsychological research and
critically reviews investigations of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, poltergeist
phenomena, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and "survival" of death.
Also, criticisms by the skeptical are presented, and the status of parapsychology as a
scientific enterprise is assessed. Reviews of earlier editions: "Comprehensive...well
written...high quality.... Recommended for public, college and university libraries"-
Choice; "clear...organization is excellent"- Journal of Parapsychology;
"fills the gap because it is up to date, formally written, and wide in scope...a
particularly useful resource for students and teachers alike.... As a textbook, Irwin's
book is the best of its kind"- Journal of the American Society for Psychical
Research. --- From The Publisher.

What are the long-term effects of near-death experiences? Why do some people
see sounds and taste smells? What happens during an out-of-body experience? These
extraordinary and unusual phenomena have often been ignored or ridiculed by mainstream
psychology. In this fascinating volume, leading scholars explore these areas, as well as
experiences of hallucinations, lucid dreams, alien abductions, mysticism, anomalous
healings, psi-events and past-lives, in an effort to explain the totality of human
experience.

In an accessible style, contributors review and discuss
current research about unusual but important events, creating a mesmerizing account of
activity at the boundaries of conventional psychology. The chapters examine current
research and theories, methodological issues, related psychopathology, individual and
cultural differences, aftereffects, and clinical implications of anomalous experiences. A
volume in the APA Books series on Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis, this book is
essential reading for the scientist-practitioners who treat clients having experienced
anomalous events, for researchers/theoreticians wanting an empirically grounded survey of
these phenomena, and for non-psychologists interested in the study of these phenomena. --- From The Publisher.

Channeling is a process in
which someone on Earth receives information, guidance, or energy from a source residing in
a different reality. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with fascinating stories and
vignettes, this book describes the phenomenon in all its permutations. Channeling
is a completely revised version of the classic in the field. This edition includes a
survey of the last ten years in the field of channeling, with new information on
ufology/extraterrestriology.--- From The Publisher.

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The Near
Death Experience: A ReaderEdited by Lee Worth Bailey and Jenny L. Yates

The Near Death Experience: A Reader is
the most comprehensive collection of NDE cases and interpretations ever assembled. This
book encompasses a broad range of disciplines: psychological researchers discuss cognitive
models and Jungian theories of meaningful archetypal phenomena; the biological
perspectivedescribes how brains near death may produce soothing endorphins, optical
illusions, and convincing hallucinations. Philosophers present empirical analyses and
images in archetypal theories, and the symbolic language of comparative phenomenological
theories. Christian, Jewish and Mormon responses to NDEs outline the religious
perspective, and the mystical and spiritual interpretations of NDEs are also explored. --- From The Publisher.

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Death
and Personal Survivalby Robert F. AlmederIn a style that is both philosophically sophisticated and accessible
to general readers, Robert Almeder introduces readers to the vigorous debate in the
scientific community about the possibility of personal survival after death. He argues
that belief in some form of personal survival is as empirically justifiable as our belief
in the past existence of dinosaurs. Drawing on 21 of the best case studies in
reincarnation, apparitions of the dead, ostensible possession, out-of-body experiences,
and trance mediumships, "Death and Personal Survival" offers a comprehensive
discussion of the best empirical evidence in each of these areas and refutes alternative
explanations offered by sceptics.--- From The Publisher.

The Limits of
Influence is a detailed examination and defense of the evidence for
largescale-psychokinesis (PK). It examines the reasons why experimental evidence has not,
and perhaps cannot, convince most skeptics that PK is genuine, and it considers why
traditional experimental procedures are important to reveal interesting facts about the
phenomena. It then examines why PK does not pose a clear threat to the very fabric of
science, and many have supposed. The major skeptical challenges to taking large-scale PK
seriously and the reason why those challenges are all unsatisfactory are considered. The
evidence examined most closely is the turn-of-the-century evidence for physical
mediumship, with special attention given to the cases of D.D. Home and Eusapio Palladino.
The author compares and evaluates the leading theories of apparitions and considers the
extent to which the evidence for collective apparitions can be interpreted as a further
type of psychokinetic phenomenon. Finally, the claim that PK (and psychic functioning
generally) might occur in refined and extensive forms is considered. It argues that this
claim is not as outlandish as many have maintained and that we might have to accept
something like the "magical" world view associated with so-called
"primitive" societies. --- From The Publisher.

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Is There Life After Death?:
An Examination of the Empirical Evidenceby David Lester

People have believed in
the existence of life after death throughout human history and in all regions of the
world. Mere belief, however, does not make it true. What is the empirical evidence for
life after death? Has any significant research been conducted, and if so, what conclusions
does it suggest?

In fact there exists a large body of research on topics relevant to the question of life
after death. This book objectively examines that research, drawing together the
observations of social science regarding such phenomena as reincarnation, near-death
experiences, deathbed visions, cases of possession by dead spirits, and apparitions of the
deceased. It considers possibilities including survival of consciousness and survival of
personality, and reflects on the logical problems inherent in any model of postmortem
survival.

An extensive bibliography lists hundreds of studies of life-after-death phenomena. --- From The Publisher.

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Children Who Remember
Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, rev. ed.by Ian Stevenson

This is the revised
edition of Dr. Stevensons 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty
years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For
many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the
authors intent to correct some common misconceptions. New material relating to
birthmarks and birth defects, independent replication studies with a critique of
criticisms, and recent developments in genetic study are included. The work gives an
overview of the history of the belief in and evidence for reincarnation. Representative
cases of children, research methods used, analyses of the cases and of variations due to
different cultures, and the explanatory value of the idea of reincarnation for some
unsolved problems in psychology and medicine are reviewed.--- From The Publisher.

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Where
Reincarnation and Biology Intersect
by Ian StevensonChildren who claim to remember a previous
life have been found in many parts of the world, particularly in the Buddhist and Hindu
countries of South Asia, among the Shiite peoples of Lebanon and Turkey, the tribes of
West Africa, and the American northwest. Stevenson has collected over 2,600 reported cases
of past-life memories of which 65 detailed reports have been published. Specific
information from the children's memories has been collected and matched with the data of
their former identity, family, residence, and manner of death. Birthmarks or other
physiological manifestations have been found to relate to experiences of the remembered
past life, particularly violent death. Writing as a specialist in psychiatry and as a
world-renowned scientific investigator of reported paranormal events, Stevenson asks us to
suspend our Western tendencies to disbelieve in "reincarnation" and consider the
reality of the burgeoning record of cases now available.--- From The Publisher.

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Immortal Remains: The
Evidence for Life After Death
by Stephen E. Braude

Do you believe in ghosts? Chances
are you're either too willing, or not willing enough, to believe that personal
consciousness survives after bodily death. Some underestimate the evidence for life after
death, not realizing how impressive the most convincing cases are. Others overestimate it,
rejecting alternative explanations too readily. In fact, several non-survivalist
explanations--hidden or latent linguistic or artistic talents, extreme memory, even
psychic abilities--are as interesting as the hypothesis of survival, and may be more
plausible than their critics realize.

Immortal Remains takes a fresh look at some of the
most puzzling cases suggesting life after death, and considers how to tell evidence for an
afterlife from evidence for exotic things (including psychic things) done by the living.
Author Stephen E. Braude, who has done extensive research in parapsychology and
dissociation, explores previously ignored issues about dissociation, creativity,
linguistic skills, and the nature and limits of human abilities. He concludes that we have
some reason, finally, for believing in life after death. --- From The Publisher.

In
this book, David Ray Griffin, best known for his work on the problem of evil, turns his
attention to the even more controversial topic of parapsychology. Griffin examines why
scientists, philosophers, and theologians have held parapsychology in disdain and argues
that neither a priori philosophical attacks nor wholesale rejection of the evidence can
withstand scrutiny. After articulating a constructive postmodern philosophy that allows
the parapsychological evidence to be taken seriously. Griffin examines this evidence
extensively. He identifies four types of repeatable phenomena that suggest the reality of
extrasensory perception and psychokinesis. Then, on the basis of a nondualistic
distinction between mind and brain, which makes the idea of life after death conceivable,
he examines five types of evidence for the reality of life after death: messages from
mediums; apparitions; cases of the possession type; cases of the reincarnation type; and
out-of-body experiences. His philosophical and empirical examinations of these phenomena
suggest that they provide support for a postmodern spirituality that overcomes the
thinness of modern religion without returning to supernaturalism.--- From The Publisher.

Whether or not we survive
physical death is one of humanity's most fundamental concerns. Here Dr. Gauld draws on a
century of evidence from a wide variety of sources -- mediumship, reincarnation,
obsession, possession, hauntings and apparitions all seem to indicate survival. This is a
compulsively readable assessment of evidence for and against survival and an excellent
introduction to the whole field of psychical research. --- From The Publisher.

Paranormal and
supernatural events have been reported for millennia. They have fostered
historys most important cultural transformations (e.g., via the miracles of Moses,
Jesus, Mohammed). Paranormal phenomena are frequently portrayed in the worlds
greatest art and literature, as well as in popular TV shows and movies. Most adults
in the U.S. believe in them. Yet they have a marginal place in modern culture.
No university departments are devoted to studying psychic phenomena. In fact,
a panoply of scientists now aggressively denounces them.

These facts present a deeply puzzling situation. But
they become coherent after pondering the trickster figure, an archaic being found
worldwide in mythology and folklore. The trickster governs paradox and the
irrational, but his messages are concealed. This book draws upon theories of the
trickster from anthropology, folklore, sociology, semiotics, and literary criticism.
It examines psychic phenomena and UFOs and explains why they are so problematical
for science. --- From The Publisher.

Cold fusion.
Telepathy. Psychokinesis. Bioenergy. Alternative medicine. Science banishes these fields
of research to the world of superstition, and everywhere scientists lose their jobs,
funding, and respect for merely conducting research in these fields. Yet in this
compelling tour of the scientific frontier, Richard Milton makes clear what the scientific
establishment takes such pain to deny: a growing body of hard experimental evidence
already exists to support these and other areas of alternative science.--- From The Publisher.

In this widely acclaimed and highly controversial book, Paul Kurtz examines the
reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of
substantial evidence to the contrary. According to Kurtz, it is because there is within
the human species a deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking - the
"transcendental temptation" - which undermines critical judgement and paves the
way for willful beliefs.

Kurtz explores in detail the three major monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam - finding striking psychological and sociological parallels between these
religions, the spiritualism of the 19th century, and the paranormal belief systems of
today. There are sections on mysticism, belief in the afterlife, the existence of God,
reincarnation, astrology, and ufology. Kurtz also expresses the nature of skepticism as an
antidote to belief in the transcendental. --- From The Publisher.

A Skeptic's Handbook of
Parapsychology is the first comprehensive collection of essays by many of the world's
leading skeptics and parapsychologists. It combines a detailed history of parapsychology
and psychic research with a broad view of the current status of the field.

Where does parapsychology stand today? Is parapsychology a science? Has ESP been
demonstrated? Does psychic power exist? What do the skeptics have to say about the work of
J.B. Rhine, S.G. Soal, the British Society for Psychical Research, and other research in
parapsychology? How do they view such well-known "psychic" personalities as
Eusapia Palladino, the Fox sisters, and Uri Geller? What are the skeptical evaluations of
extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, ghosts, near-death experiences, life after death,
poltergeists, "psychic detectives," and other paranormal claims?

The contributors are predominantly skeptical of psychic claims, but some parapsychologists
have been included to defend the parapsychological point of view. Among the twenty-nine
contributors are Ray Hyman, C.E.M. Hansel, Martin Gardner, James Randi, James Alcock, John
Beloff, Susan Blackmore, E.J. Dingwall, Trevor H. Hall, and Antony Flew. --- From The Publisher.

The Encyclopedia of the
Paranormal contains over 90 articles by more than 50 experts on topics including the
strictly paranormal (psychokinesis, channeling, levitation, astrology, phrenology,
palmistry); the historical (mediums, psychic research, alchemy, Houdini); the
philosophical (miracles, survival of death, reincarnation); and work on investigatory
photography, statistics, the media and the Bermuda Triangle.

In his forward, Carl Sagan says, "I wish [this book] were on the shelves of every
newspaper editorial desk and every television newsroom, to encourage more skeptical
backbone in reporting . . . . [I]n school libraries so that children would have some
counterbalance to the many paranormal and mystical claims in our society."